Improvement in garbage-trucks



mm STATES JAMES O. A. BENNETT, OF MORRISON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARBAGE-TRUCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 189,015, dated April 3, 1877; application filed August 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

of Morrison, in the county of Whitesides .and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrels and Barrel Attachments, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

the wheels B, which are attached to the barrel by means of the lug E, from which project the spindles O, on which the wheels revolve. The handles F are attached to the barrel A, by means of the bolt or screw H, and are connected with each other by means of the crossbar G, which is firmly bolted to' the barrel A at L. The legs K are attached to the handles F by the screw I, which reaches through the handles F into the cross-bar G.

The handles F, cross-bar G, and wheels B constitute a wheeled frame, which supports and controls the barrel A. r

M is the cover of the barrel, pivoted to it by means of the rods W, which are held to the cover by the staples P and P, and are held to the barrel by the staple N. The rods W terminate in the balls R, and balance the cover. The rods W are attached to the cover M to one side of the center, so as to give a larger opening when the cover is balanced open.

When the barrel is tipped forward by means of the handles F the balls R drop down and throw the cover open, as shown in Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to furnisha cheap and easy mode of transporting from place to place, and easily emptying a barrel as, for instance, a water or swill barrel.

The mode of operation is as follows: The barrel, while being filled, may rest in the position as shown in Fig. l, the cover being In the drawing, A is a barrel supported by tipped back by means of the projecting rods S. When filled, it may be wheeled by means of the handles F, inthe same manner that a wheelbarrow or truck is rolled to where it is to be emptied, when it may be emptied by raising the handles and tipping the top of the barrel forward, the cover being raised by the weights B, as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim as new and as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the barrel A with the cover M, pivot-rods W, balls R, substan tially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the barrel A with the cover M, pivot-rods W, balls R, wheels B, handles F, lugs E, and the spindles O, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES O. A. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

F. J. SEYBOLD, J AS. H. PARKHURST.

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